jump jet
noun1
Government, Military, Politics, War Informal A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.
- Yet, 24 of the 110 Harrier AV-8A jump jets, the British-built aircraft capable of leaping straight up from a carrier deck and then accelerating to more than 500 m.p.h., have crashed since the Marines first bought them seven years ago.1977 August 15, “Aircraft: The Marines' Bad Luck Plane”, in Time:
- Related terms
- VTOL